Plockton_railway_station
Plockton railway station
Railway station in Highland, Scotland
Plockton railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Plockton in the Highlands, north-west Scotland. The station is 58 miles 22 chains (93.8 km) from Dingwall, between Duncraig and Duirinish.[5] ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services here.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Plockton, Highland Scotland | ||||
| Coordinates | 57.3336°N 5.6659°W / 57.3336; -5.6659 | ||||
| Grid reference | NG794329 | ||||
| Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | PLK[2] | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Highland Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Highland Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | LMSR | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 2 November 1897[3] | Opened | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  11,482 | ||||
| 2019/20 | 11,616 | ||||
| 2020/21 |  1,784 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 9,476 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 8,530 | ||||
Listed Building – Category B | |||||
| Designated | 16 December 1986 | ||||
| Reference no. | LB6932[4] | ||||
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The station was built by the Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway) between Stromeferry and Kyle of Lochalsh, opening on 2 November 1897.[6]
The station building was built by the Highland Railway, and designed by engineer Murdoch Paterson. It was B-listed by Historic Scotland in 1986.[4] A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1956 to 1964, for the last two years a Pullman camping coach was used.[7]
The building was completely renovated during 2009/2010 and is now a privately owned self-catering holiday cottage.[8]
The only facilities at the station are a car park, a help point, a bench and bike racks. The station has step-free access.[9] As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Four trains each way call on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays, there is only one train each way, plus a second from May to late September only.[10][11]
| Preceding station |  National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Duncraig | ScotRail Kyle of Lochalsh Line |
Duirinish | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Duncraig Line and station open |
Highland Railway Kyle of Lochalsh Extension |
Duirinish Line and station open | ||
- Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
- Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
- Historic Environment Scotland. "Plockton Railway Station (Category B Listed Building) (LB6932)". Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
- "Railways in the Western Highlands. Opening of New Kyle Extension". Glasgow Herald. British Newspaper Archive. 3 November 1897. Retrieved 15 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- McRae 1998, pp. 13 & 23.
- "Welcome to 'Off the Rails' at Plockton Station". Plockton Station. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- "National Rail Enquiries -". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- eNRT May 2022 Edition, Table 219
- eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 219
- Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- McRae, Andrew (1998). British Railways Camping Coach Holidays: A Tour of Britain in the 1950s and 1960s. Vol. Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part Two). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-53-3.
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